Marilynx Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Wishing for a parallel lines tool, where I could select something like the line/curve tool, set my widths for the lines and the distance the lines should be apart, and then... draw. I can get there, sorta, by drawing a single line, copying and pasting it, and then nudging it into place next to the first line, but it doesn't always work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) Use ToeHead's Graph Paper, and when running the plug-in, change from standard to isometric graph type, tweak with cell size, etc, and then get to work. Make sure you run the plug-in on a new, blank layer, and create new lines on new layer using the graph paper's layer as guide. I have personally done this and it works. Edit: Here's a couple of hint. To precisely line up the line with grid, hold the shift key and the line will precisely follow the angle of the grid. Second, if you want thinner line, turn off anti-aliasing on the tool bar Edited December 4, 2022 by TrevorOutlaw Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Hi @Marilynx and there is also this Plugin: Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilynx Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 This graphing may be useful for several other things, but it's not QUITE what I'm after, since as far as I can tell, you can't do curved parallel lines with it. Will explore it, though, and see if it can do 60 degree angles. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilynx Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Pixey said: Hi @Marilynx and there is also this Plugin: Again, this is very cool, and I will play with it, but not quite what I am attempting to do. I am creating a map of a hexagonal building with "Rings" A-K. Each face has two corridors from A-K and two corridors from F-K. Each Ring has a central corridor with offices, etc. on either side of the corridor. It's beastly difficult to get all these hexagons lined up and the same distance apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilynx Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Marilynx said: Well, this is screwy. I DL those two and followed the directions for copying into the File Types and Effects folders (while PDN was closed), then reopened it, and they don't show up. Must have done something wrong. Edited December 5, 2022 by Marilynx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Create the horizontal lines at the top, cut out a triangle (60 degrees). Copy and paste them rotated by 60, 120, ... degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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